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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Orchards On The Potomac median real estate price is $413,011, which is more expensive than 96.2% of the neighborhoods in West Virginia and 59.2% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

The average rental price in Orchards On The Potomac is currently $1,640, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 86.8% of the neighborhoods in West Virginia.

Orchards On The Potomac is a rural neighborhood (based on population density) located in Falling Waters, West Virginia.

Orchards On The Potomac real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to large (four, five or more bedroom) single-family homes and townhomes. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Orchards On The Potomac neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 2000 and the present.

In Orchards On The Potomac, the current vacancy rate is 2.5%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 83.6% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Orchards On The Potomac is very tight compared to the demand for property here.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

Modes of Transportation

While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the Orchards On The Potomac neighborhood stands out by having 96.0% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.7% of all American neighborhoods.

Car Ownership

Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the Orchards On The Potomac neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 49.5% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 99.6% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

People

If you are an executive or professional seeking a neighborhood affording an executive lifestyle, or just wanting to find where other executives live in the area, the Orchards On The Potomac neighborhood should be on your list. It has an enviable mix of spacious homes, relatively stable real estate values, and residents that include a number of wealthy executives, managers, and professionals. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis places it as one of the top 13.9% executive lifestyle neighborhoods in the state of West Virginia.

Diversity

Did you know that the Orchards On The Potomac neighborhood has more Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 24.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Irish ancestry.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the Orchards On The Potomac neighborhood in Falling Waters are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 56.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.6% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 76.7% of America's neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the Orchards On The Potomac neighborhood, 30.1% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 29.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (22.9%), and 17.8% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the Orchards On The Potomac neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.9%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the Orchards On The Potomac neighborhood in Falling Waters, WV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (24.2%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (23.3%), and residents who report English roots (7.5%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (6.5%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (4.8%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in Orchards On The Potomac neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (69.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (96.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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